“Nice to have a business where the labor is essentially free.”
According the Forbes, the Bama football program earned almost $100 million for the university last year. That’s a lot of books and test tubes for the different departments for the college. There is a huge negative feedback from the public about the money spent for all the college sports programs, but most major universities and colleges are floating because of the income generated from football. It make tuition a little less and provides better classrooms. And TV contracts and bowl money are premium.
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“According the Forbes, the Bama football program earned almost $100 million for the university last year. That’s a lot of books and test tubes for the different departments for the college.”
Of that they gave back NINE million to the other departments. AND fees from textbooks, housing and parking went up almost 10 percent while enrollment only went up 3 percent.
Auburn is running deficit. They pay their players more!
Not sure how Alabama works, at WVU the athletic department pays tuition for the athletes on scholarship. The money generated from the athletic programs stays in the athletic department.